Re: Sane "+" string concat proposal

[Dan Brian]

> If, instead, you wrote:
> 
>    $me = $name + getpwuid($<);
> 
> You would get numeric addition. Always. In this way, you maintain a
> reliable semantic separation of string concat and numeric addition,
> while gaining a syntax that is similar to other HLL's. Having "$var"
> expand $var is the reason this is possible.

So, what would this do?

    $user_pass = (getpwuid($<))[0] + (getpwuid($<))[1];

Your operator is still ambiguous, since you probably want a concat, but
have no place for the quotes. The convention needs to consider more than
just variables.